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What We All Suffer From

Your POV

I wake up and immediately look towards the cot besides me. Baby Aeri is still fast asleep. She's such a wonderful bundle of joy for us but she moans too much when her dad's not around. How lucky he is being her favorite already. I look around the bedroom; this was the shared bedroom that I'd gotten attached with when we were leaving the Yang mansion around half a year ago. Now we're back in it again. I hadn't thought we'd end up right here again, not even in my wildest dreams. Aeri does have her own nursery room set up on the other side of the corridor but me and Yoongi decided to keep her with us for a little longer. New parent instincts I guess. I take Aeri's silence to my advantage and lie in, I'm absolutely exhausted from trying to get her to sleep. Taking out my phone, I scroll through the thousands of notifications I have. Then I stumble across one I wish I hadn't seen, a missed phone call from Mum. Should I call back or pretend that I hadn't seen it? Most of me tells me to ignore it, responding will only suck me in to a bad bad game. But I'm her princess deep inside, I call back. One ring, two rings, three rings; if she doesn't pick up by seventh then I'll just imagine I've never seen it. She picks up on the fifth.

"Hello Y/N.", she says stonily.

"Hey Mum.", I answer.

There's a silence between us that spans the whole Sahara Desert. My heart sinks. Aeri shifts positions and lightly bubbles up as she does.

"Is that my granddaughter?", Mum questions.

"It is.", I say.

"Can I see her?", Mum asks.

"Of course.", I switch to video call and she accepts.

I turn the camera to Aeri without hesitation, I don't want Mum to see me. My insides are screaming looking at Mum, she's grown so old so quickly.

"Can I see you Y/N?", she enquires.

I uncertainly switch the camera towards me, "Here I am.", I smile lightly but it fades all too fast.

"Oh Y/N, look, you've matured well. Mummy's genes you have and so does Aeri.", she compliments.

"Thank you.", my head's getting dizzy. I just want her to say something mean to me so that I'll have a reason to cut the call.

"Y/N, look me in the eyes when speaking. I haven't taught you like this. Ah, spending time with the Yang's have made you undisciplined like them.", well that was a smooth diss.

"Mum they're my family. You can't just say that.", I defend.

"Grown attached to them have you? I was afraid such would happen if I got you married to one of them. And it looks like you've ignored pretty much everything I've said. I told you not to have a baby with him, did you listen? No. And now look, the poor child's going to be caught in between two horrible families.", she tuts at me.

"If you haven't watched the news, let me tell you that the Yang's have ended this right here and now.", I spit.

"Gullible gullible, oh daughter, what have they done to you? You would know that I'd lure them back in to it, it's our destiny to fight.", she says as she plays with her lush hair.

"No Mum, we're out of this, you're alone now.", I say.

"No sweetie, anyway, I've called to let you know that if you want to be in the more powerful side, you're more than welcome to join us any day. My job is to obliterate them all and I wouldn't want to hurt you. Come to Mummy, you'll love the power.", she persuades.

"Mum no! For god sake just stop with all your stupid mind games! We're all done, grow up and get a damn life!", I scream.

Aeri begins to bawl.

"Look what you've done to your daughter now. You have a long way ahead of you, you need to learn. Maternal instincts it is. Come to Mummy.", she continues.

Tears stream down my face, it hurts to see Aeri as a hot mess, "This was you! You did this! You're a heartless queen, not a mother!"

"You got that right. Finally, a few words of sense from you. Sometimes you have to put your inner woman before you, I am a heartless queen. But only so that I can be a good mother after.", she's slow and careful on every word.

Yoongi POV

I hear Aeri crying hysterically. I wait a minute to see if she'll cool down. Y/N meant to be up there whilst I bring up some breakfast. After a few moments, Aeri's still screaming and yelling. Where's Y/N? Why isn't she cooling her down. I put down the plate and run up the stairs.

"Y/N!", I call.

As I near the room, I can hear Y/N screaming... at her mum.

"Y/N.", I open the door and rush to comfort Aeri, then I look at Y/N who's a jumbled ball of emotions on the floor.

"I'm not a worthy mum Yoongi. I'm sorry.", she whispers.

"Who made you think that?", I ask even though I know.

"Yoongi, your family has sorted themselves out but my mum won't rest even if she's in her grave to bring me down.", she cries.

I hug Y/N, sandwiching Aeri in between us, "Don't believe her. You're a beautiful mother."

"No Yoongi, can't you see me? Mum might be right after all.", she says.

"You can't believe her, you know she's only lying so she can get you back.", I try speak some sort of sense in to her.

"Do you really think so?"

"I know so Y/N."

"Are you sure?"

"Very. Come on babe, you must be really hungry. Let's go downstairs and get some breakfast."

Your POV

Yoongi brings me downstairs after I've changed and his mum looks at me. I've tried my best to cool down my teary eyes but I can't be asked to coat on makeup to cover up what's left of my sadness.

"Has my daughter been crying?", his mum asks.

She's literally just sensed it out. How do they do that?

"No.", I mutter.

"Are you sure about that?", she questions again, "Please sweetie, don't keep it to yourself."

"It wasn't much, I just got a few moments of anxiety. I'm all good now though.", I smile.

"That's my girl. You'll learn all these things on your journey as a mother.", and she hugs me, a comforting, warm and longing hug that I've been wishing for days.